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Associated Press Nov 5, 2023, 04:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Southern California has fired defensive coordinator Alex Grinch with two games left in the Trojans’ disappointing regular season. Coach Lincoln Riley dropped his longtime top assistant one day after USC (7-3, 5-2 Pac-12) gave up 572 yards and 52 points to

Associated Press Nov 5, 2023, 02:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Southern California dropped out of The Associated Press college football poll Sunday for the first time under coach Lincoln Riley and No. 15 Oklahoma State vaulted into the rankings for the first time this year. The top nine teams in the Top 25 held

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterNov 4, 2023, 05:39 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Oh, what chaos might’ve been in Saturday’s early slate. Ohio State spent much of Saturday afternoon flummoxed by Rutgers‘ defense and unable to corral Kyle Monangai. Texas jumped out

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterNov 4, 2023, 10:05 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Open Extended Reactions STILLWATER, Okla. — As fans poured onto the field following Oklahoma State 27-21 win over Oklahoma in

Associated Press Nov 4, 2023, 04:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEMSON, S.C. — Phil Mafah ran for a career high 186 yards and two touchdowns in relief of the injured Will Shipley and Clemson held off No. 12 Notre Dame 31-23 to end a disheartening two-game losing streak Saturday. The Tigers (5-4) came in

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterNov 3, 2023, 07:38 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Connor Stalions, the Michigan football analyst at the center of the NCAA’s investigation into illegal off-campus scouting and signal stealing, resigned from his position Friday, the school announced. Stalions, who

Nov 3, 2023, 01:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Colorado has stripped offensive coordinator Sean Lewis of his offensive play-calling duties, and is elevating analyst Pat Shurmur to an on-field role with the expectation that he will take over as the team’s play caller, sources told ESPN. Lewis’ new role is still to be settled,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 3, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions ATHENS, Georgia — Georgia hasn’t lost a football game in 699 days. The Bulldogs haven’t been beaten in the regular season in 1,091 days.

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterNov 3, 2023, 12:02 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Purdue coach Ryan Walters, whose team visits No. 3 Michigan on Saturday, said his school has evidence the Wolverines scouted the Boilermakers’ games earlier this season. The NCAA is investigating

Welcome to November, that most precious of college football months when falling temperatures mean the heat around the competition is turning up. And this year, the torridity around the Heisman Trophy race is at a downright boil. Earlier this year, we, 15 ESPN college football writers, gifted you with our preseason Heisman Tracker. It was

Open Extended Reactions The College Football Playoff selection committee’s first rankings released this week were hardly a surprise in terms of the top five teams. Perhaps the rankings order confused some, since Georgia has been No. 1 for the entire year in the AP poll but debuted at No. 2 in the CFP rankings. Ohio

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterNov 2, 2023, 07:03 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions It was Dec. 13, 2008, in New York City and time for the three Heisman Trophy finalists to take their place at

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterNov 1, 2023, 02:38 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Open Extended Reactions A new era began in the Big 12 on Wednesday with the unveiling of the 2024-2027 conference

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterNov 1, 2023, 06:40 AM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. Open Extended Reactions BATON ROUGE, La. — In a scene that’s become all too familiar this season, LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels deftly escaped the pocket only to take off and run with reckless

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterOct 31, 2023, 07:17 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions Ohio State took the No. 1 spot in the first College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night, while two-time defending national champion Georgia is right behind at No. 2.

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterOct 31, 2023, 08:12 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions The 2023 season has already enjoyed its share of outrage, from Ryan Day’s feud with Lou Holtz to Dabo Swinney’s lecture to a radio show caller, but Tuesday marks

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterOct 30, 2023, 05:42 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions GRAPEVINE, Texas — Before the College Football Playoff selection committee members even began their first meeting here on Monday at the Gaylord Texan Resort, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian lobbed the

Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterOct 30, 2023, 02:20 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said Monday afternoon that a report that the university had rescinded a contract extension offer in recent weeks was not accurate.